The Thirties
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A sharp and sardonic account of one of the most turbulent decades in modern British history, The Thirties by Malcolm Muggeridge chronicles the political, social, and cultural upheaval of the 1930s with wit and piercing insight. Muggeridge, a brilliant polemicist and journalist, dissects the era's defining tensions — the rise of fascism, the collapse of liberal idealism, the Great Depression, and the creeping shadow of another world war — with the authority of a firsthand observer. Written in an acerbic and often darkly comic style, the work presents a deeply personal yet historically rich portrait of a society struggling to hold itself together. First published in 1940, it remains a landmark work of contemporary historical commentary, offering a uniquely irreverent perspective that continues to provoke and illuminate. The Observer rightly praised it as a superb book — with all his familiar gusto.
Author: Malcolm Muggeridge
Format: Paperback
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A sharp and sardonic account of one of the most turbulent decades in modern British history, The Thirties by Malcolm Muggeridge chronicles the political, social, and cultural upheaval of the 1930s with wit and piercing insight. Muggeridge, a brilliant polemicist and journalist, dissects the era's defining tensions — the rise of fascism, the collapse of liberal idealism, the Great Depression, and the creeping shadow of another world war — with the authority of a firsthand observer. Written in an acerbic and often darkly comic style, the work presents a deeply personal yet historically rich portrait of a society struggling to hold itself together. First published in 1940, it remains a landmark work of contemporary historical commentary, offering a uniquely irreverent perspective that continues to provoke and illuminate. The Observer rightly praised it as a superb book — with all his familiar gusto.